A man from the Big Dipper, starting his charlatanship at Mount Tai.

The ancient creature roared and swung its halberd down. The halberd's light tore through the void, as if it would cleave the entire stone chamber in two.

Lin Xiu's Daoist essence remained unchanged, and a majestic phantom appeared behind him. The phantom sat high in the heavens, wearing an imperial robe and a flat crown, and the sun, moon, and stars flickered in and out of its eyes.

[A Celestial King Descends Upon the Nine Heavens in an Extraordinary Phenomenon!]

Lin Xiu integrated the strange phenomena into his own Daoist essence and unleashed a powerful punch!

Fist clashed with halberd.

"Clang!~"

The ear-piercing metallic clang made Ye Fan's eardrums feel like they were about to burst. The halberd snapped in two!

Lin Xiu's fist continued its momentum, striking directly at the chest of the ancient creature!

Within the Purple Mountain, pure physical combat is still the safest option!

boom!

Lin Xiu's physical body was already comparable to that of a top-tier powerhouse. With a single punch, the ancient creature's chest caved in! Its bluish-gray scales shattered inch by inch! The creature was sent flying backward!

Finally, the ancient creature stopped on a stone wall, its scarlet eyes quickly dimming, and its life force extinguished.

"Whoo~"

Seeing the ancient creature killed, Ye Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt that although Lin Xiu himself was not very reliable, his clone was quite reliable.

Unlike Lin Xiu himself, who is highly proactive, Lin Xiu's Daoist self will only faithfully carry out Lin Xiu's orders.

This kind of top-notch worker is so useful!

Ye Fan suddenly had a brilliant idea: if Lin Xiu could treat himself as a worker, why couldn't he treat Lin Xiu's Daoist essence as a worker?

If Master Lin can go, so can I!

.......

Next, Ye Fan continued to follow the instructions of Lin Xiu's Daoist self.

The journey was as smooth as before. With the Heavenly Calculation Calculation Plan predicting the path and Lin Xiu's Daoist Aura guarding his Sea of ​​Wheels, Ye Fan was able to avoid most of the dangers in Purple Mountain.

After walking for a while, Ye Fan suddenly heard a trembling, extremely weak male voice.

"Who...who's there...?"

The voice was intermittent and faint, yet it possessed an indescribable majesty.

Ye Fan stopped and looked in the direction the sound came from. There was a stone wall there, and the sound was coming from behind it!

"Holy Lord, this voice claims to be the God King Jiang Taixu! It should be correct, right? What I heard shouldn't be some demonic voice, but the voice of the God King Jiang Taixu himself, right?"

Faced with his doubts, Ye Fan decisively asked Lin Xiu.

He was clearly using Lin Xiu as a search engine.

You'll understand once you learn from Lin Xiu.

"Yes, this is Jiang Taixu's voice, not some demonic sound. You can move towards his direction. The specific location is... as long as you pass through that stone wall, you should be able to see Jiang Taixu." Lin Xiu's Daoist essence dutifully gave instructions.

........

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan immediately followed his senses and approached the stone wall. The stone wall was cold and rough, covered with the marks of time. He stopped in front of the wall and listened intently.

"It's... the aura of a human..." The weak voice sounded again, directly entering Ye Fan's mind.

"Who...are you...how...did you get here...?"

Jiang Taixu's voice was intermittent, sometimes requiring a pause before he could continue transmitting, which showed his weakness.

After confirming that Jiang Taixu was nearby, Ye Fan immediately revealed his identity and said in a deep voice:

"Ye Fan, the successor of the Holy Body lineage, pays his respects to the God King! To be honest, my Holy Lord foresaw that you, God King, were not dead. I have come here specifically to rescue you on my Holy Lord's orders!"

"Holy Lord...which holy land are you from? Where is your Holy Lord?"

Jiang Taixu never expected that another holy land would choose to invest in the Holy Body. Didn't he think that the holy land was brave enough to lose everything?

Of course, even more important is the Holy Lord that Ye Fan mentioned.

If a Saint Lord-level figure were to carry an Emperor-level weapon, perhaps he could truly be rescued from Purple Mountain!

"I am from the Tianxuan Holy Land. My Holy Lord is currently outside Purple Mountain, ready to rescue the God King at any moment!"

Ye Fan's answer was firm and confident.

However, Jiang Taixu fell completely silent.

Tianxuan Holy Land? Wasn't it a holy land where an imperial weapon was lost and the land itself was destroyed? Six thousand years ago, it attacked the Ancient Forbidden Land, nearly annihilating all its inhabitants, leaving only scattered legends. Could it be... that some remnants still exist? And that they chose this era to cultivate the Ancient Holy Body?

How desperate must someone be to place their hopes on a sacred body long abandoned by heaven and earth? It's like a dying person grasping at a last straw.

Jiang Taixu sighed inwardly, the glimmer of hope that had just risen quickly fading. His condition was too poor; having been annihilated by Purple Mountain for thousands of years, his essence was depleted, and his divine sense was on the verge of dissipation. Even if a Holy Lord who had destroyed a Holy Land came in person, without an Emperor Weapon and sufficient power, how could he possibly break through the Purple Mountain's restrictions and rescue him?

It's likely that the "rescue" the boy spoke of was more wishful thinking, or... just a pie in the sky promised by some so-called holy master.

"Don't worry about saving me..." Jiang Taixu's voice was even weaker, but it carried an undeniable determination. "Come closer... there's a gap in the stone wall... I'll teach you a technique..."

He couldn't let the Fighting Saint Technique be lost in Purple Mountain like he was!

This young man possesses a sacred body and has managed to reach this point in Purple Mountain. Regardless of whether the Holy Lord behind him is real or not, he represents a glimmer of hope. Passing down the Battle Saint Technique can be considered as preserving a seed for this invincible art.

"Very well, this junior thanks the senior for imparting the Dharma!"

Upon hearing that Jiang Taixu was about to impart his teachings, Ye Fan immediately stepped forward and indeed discovered a tiny crack in the stone wall, from which a faint light emanated. Ye Fan approached the crack, focusing his attention.

"This technique is called... the Holy Technique of Battle... It can evolve into all techniques... It is an unparalleled holy art of attack."

As Jiang Taixu spoke haltingly, he demonstrated the Battle Saint Technique for Ye Fan.

At this time, because Ye Fan's trip to Zishan happened earlier than in the original story, Jiang Taixu's physical condition was slightly better than in the original story. He wouldn't have to wait several days or even ten days to reply to a single sentence, and he still had the energy to evolve the Battle Saint Technique.

A faint light seeped from the crack, evolving into a starting stance, simple and unadorned, yet seemingly containing the ultimate mystery of the way of attack, capable of evolving all the laws of the world and breaking through all the divine powers of the heavens.

Ye Fan held his breath, his eyes fixed on the evolving light and shadow, his mind completely absorbed in it. The Bodhi seed in the Sea of ​​Bitterness warmed slightly, helping him to clear his mind and greatly increasing his speed of comprehension.

He could sense that this was an earth-shattering offensive technique, of immeasurable value!

However, just as he glimpsed a trace of the true meaning of this sacred method, his mind was captivated, and Jiang Taixu's evolution reached a crucial point...

"boom!!"

The entire Purple Mountain has undergone even more drastic changes than before!

Chapter 135 The Ancient Mountain Symbol Undergoes a Major Upgrade (First Update)

This time, it was no longer a simple tremor or channel displacement.

Ye Fan was shocked to discover that the ground beneath his feet, the rock walls on both sides, the stone dome above his head, and even the stone wall in front of him that separated him from Jiang Taixu... everything seemed to have turned into a Rubik's Cube!

Space is folding, and terrain is being reorganized!

"not good!"

Ye Fan exclaimed in surprise, trying to steady himself, but he felt powerless, being swept away by an even more powerful spatial turbulence.

Right in front of him, the stone wall that was evolving the Battle Saint Technique, along with the faint aura of Jiang Taixu behind it, suddenly slid to the side and disappeared from his sight before his very eyes!

The light and shadow of Jiang Taixu's transmission of power, along with Jiang Taixu's aura, rapidly moved away from the stone wall in a way that completely defied common sense, and eventually disappeared entirely into the rock formation!

Ye Fan stood frozen in place, his outstretched hand hanging in mid-air, his expression frozen.

His Battle Saint Technique... he's only learned less than a tenth of it...

That's it...gone?

Did the God King and the stone wall get "moved" away by Purple Mountain?

"Depend on!"

"Holy Lord, what on earth are you up to outside?!"

Ye Fan felt a surge of frustration in his heart. He hadn't even finished learning the Battle Saint Technique yet! How could the person have suddenly disappeared?!

This feeling of being completely blocked is more unbearable than simply not being able to find anything!

......

On the other side, Lin Xiu's side.

Lin Xiu naturally couldn't hear Ye Fan's mournful roar. He was enjoying the rapid improvement brought about by the fusion of the ancient mountain-character rune and the essence of Purple Mountain.

The original mountain range of Zishan is constantly elevating the level of the ancient mountain symbol.

The Dao patterns on the ancient mountain-shaped talisman became clearer and more complex, and the true meaning of "mountain" emanating from it became increasingly profound and vast, as if it could suppress all the heavens and bear all the Dao.

At the same time, the ancient mountain symbol is also helping Zishan grow, making it more mystical and constantly shortening the time it takes to take human form.

The spirit of Purple Mountain had never experienced such a peculiar feeling before. In a voice even more moving and spiritual than before, it softly pleaded with Lin Xiu.

Excuse me, could you lend me this ancient talisman for tens of thousands of years?

With the help of this ancient talisman, the time it takes for me to transform into human form has been greatly shortened; I will be able to successfully transform in just tens of thousands of years.

Lin Xiu: "..."

Lin Xiu's lips twitched slightly. "Tens of thousands of years? Why don't you just let him send out the Mountain Character Ancient Talisman directly?"

"I'm sorry, this item is very precious to me, and I cannot lend it to you for such a long time."

As he spoke, Lin Xiu summoned the ancient mountain-shaped talisman from the Purple Mountain.

The spirit of Purple Mountain let out a reluctant "Ah," but there was nothing it could do.

"Alright, I know you're reluctant, so how about this~ I'll give you a solution that benefits both of you."

After Lin Xiu put the ancient mountain-shaped talisman back into the Sendai, he smiled very happily.

Because just by going through Zishan once, the advancement progress of the Mountain Character Ancient Talisman had increased significantly. If he could get Zishan's help, he would definitely be able to raise the Mountain Character Ancient Talisman to an extremely terrifying level.

[A win-win solution?] The spirit of Purple Mountain was puzzled.

“That’s right, a win-win solution.” Lin Xiu explained his thoughts in detail.

"Do you know that my ancient talisman is far from reaching its limit?"

[Yes, I know. I think the ancient talisman became stronger when it left me, and it can now reduce the transformation time by half again.]